Improved horse-rake



2 Shets Sheet 1.

0. BONNEY, Jr.

Horse Rake.

Patented Nov. 23, 1869.

2 Sheets Sheet 2. 0. BONNEY, Jr.

Horse Rake.

Patented Nov. 23, 1869.

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supporting-bars separate from the rake; and

.both ends, so that when the one end has become dull sharp end used.

allows of the tooth being used ing-pa-rts It and t of the shank may be with faces at and bars, having the central bar as the itinitrd gttatrz OLPHA BONNEY, JRJOF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

Letters Patent N0. 97 ,157

dated Norcmbcr 23, 1869.

To all 1071 cm it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLPHA BONNEY, J12, of the city of San. Francisco, in the State of California, have invented a certain newand useful Improvement on Horse-Rakes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and marks thereon, which said drawings form part of this specification,'and represent a rake with my improvement as a part thereof, 3 Figure 1 being a top view of said rake Figure 2, a sideview;

Figure 3-, av back view of the standards and their Figure 4, a view of one of the for being held -inthe socket.

In all these figures, where like parts are shown, like marks and letters are uscd to indicate the parts.

The teeth a of this rake are pointed or sloped at teeth, with its means or too bi'nnt,-the tooth may bereversed, and the The teeth are fit-ted into the shanks or knees i), and held therein by a thinnb-screw, c, and plate (1,. the inner end of the thumb-screw pressing against the plate, which isfiuterposcd between the screw and the surface of the tooth. I Thenpper end of the shank or knee is held upon the bar 0, which it surrounds, .by a pin, f; or by a thumb-screw. V

This manner of holding or socketing the teeth longer or shorter, as may be desired; and the inclination at which the tooth is held in the shank enables this rake to hold, with the same length of tooth, twice as much hay as can be held when the teeth are arranged as usual in rakes of this character. 7

It is not necessary that the shank for holding the tooth should have its sides continuous and parallel,

p 2 of the drawings, for it that part of the shank marked g be'curved, then the .holdright angles to the tooth and bar, and yet the tooth have the inclination shown. When the shank is thus formed, a steadying-plate may be used between the end of the bar and the tooth.

The teeth are nttedto the central bar 0, and to the side bars j and It, so as to form a series of teeth operating one, as is shown by .fig. 1 of the drawings, and these series or gangs may be two or three in number, or of any number that maybe-required for a narrow or for a. broad rake.

The central bar e is pivoted 111 the standards I,

which are supported by the crossbar m of the frame of the rake.

In these standards, at different points, are holes n,

bar

of the elevating of anyone or big stumps or roots-"or for dumping.

tor the adjustment of the pivoted bar, rake-teeth to any desired pitch.

The front. end of the bar 0 lies underneath the bar 0, and between guiding pins 1) therein.-

From thebar 0, other bars (1 pass backward to the bar '4', underneath the central bar 6, and the other bars "attached to them.

The bars (1 are pivoted to the standards lby pins s, so that the entire seriesor gangs of teeth and their bars may be raised byt-he. one movement of the foott above. the: bar 0, to the standards, and; this elevating of the series or gangs may readily be done by the driver on the seat 4: atany moment, to avoid stones or other obstructions in the track of the rake.

The driver can also readily clcvate any one of the series or gangs he may wish to raise up, by acting witlrhis foot upon the end of any one of the bars 0.

This arrangement of the series or gangs allows of the use of the entire set, oronly a part thereof, and

more of them, for avoidto adapt the The manner of attaching the gangs or scries also allowsof the detaching of any of the number, so as to have abroad or a narr ow rake, and so as to have. the narrow rake in the centre or at either side.

This rake is so constructed that it may be used with wheels 11:, attached, by braces or supports a, to. the platform y, or it may be used without any wheels; and instead of wheels, affixed as here shown, any other wheels with suitable supports may be used, thus saving to the purchaser of the rake whatcvmexpense would be incurred by the special wheels here shown.

This adaptability of the rake to different whceis and of different sizes, is formed by theconstruction and arrangement of'thc principal bars, as by moving them up or down, the pitch of the teeth may be reg ulated for large or small wheels.

Holes z in the bars 6 give further facilities for the adjustment of the teeth, by their movement further.

from or nearer to the standards. Z. ..What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination'of the thumb-screw and interposed plate with the knee or shank, for connect ing the tooth of the rake to the bar, and for adjusting the tooth in the knee or shank, as herein recited.

2. The arrangement of the central bars 0 in'relation to the bars 0, q, and'r, and 'i'oot-bar t, whereby the entire series or gangs may be operated, as herein set forth. 7

\ 3. The double adjustment of the bars 6, upward and downward, and forward and backward, as and for the purposes herein recited. v 1

. OLPHA BONNEY, JR. [1.. s.]

Witnesses i G. W. M. SMITH,

' H. S. TIBBEY.

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